He did what was evil in the Lord’s sight, but not like his father and mother,(A) for he removed the sacred pillar of Baal his father had made. Nevertheless, Joram clung to the sins that Jeroboam son of Nebat had caused Israel to commit.(B) He did not turn away from them.

Moab’s Rebellion against Israel

King Mesha of Moab(C) was a sheep breeder. He used to pay(D) the king of Israel one hundred thousand lambs and the wool of one hundred thousand rams,(E)

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